Yes, but for a brief period of time it felt like most people saw this as a weakness humanity was in the process of overcoming. What is sad is that several comm

Yes, but for a brief period of time it felt like most people saw this as a weakness humanity was in the process of overcoming. What is sad is that several communities (not just SO by any means) discovered ways to rebrand this ancient vice into a modern virtue. To be fair to SO, I believe they have made enormous progress in the last several years. They've been making pragmatic compromises away from their early idealism in favor of the messy business of being a healthy community. I really enjoy the StackExchange sites these days (for the most part).